CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Introduction to Communication Theory -
the differences in the ways scholars define communication -
correct answer ✅Agreement: Communication is behavior
Human behavior can be intentional/unintentional and it can be
received/not received.
Four possibilities of behavior: Intentionally sent and received. -
correct answer ✅Everyone agrees that this IS communication.
Four possibilities of behavior: Unintentionally sent and received. -
correct answer ✅Scholars are split as to whether this is or isn't
communication.
(Ex: If you're unintentionally limping, and people can see -->
scholars are split if it's communication b/c it's unintentional)
Four possibilities of behavior: Intentionally sent but not received. -
correct answer ✅Most scholars believe that a receiver is required.
,CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Four possibilities of behavior: Unintentionally sent and not
received. -
correct answer ✅Everyone agrees that this IS NOT communication.
(Ex: If you're in sick, groaning from pain, and in bed by yourself with
no one to see you)
definition of a theory -
correct answer ✅A scholar's construction of experience based on
systematic observation.
(conclusions about human experience that have been studied and
replicated over a long period of time)
theories seek to accomplish -
correct answer ✅Describe, explain, predict, and sometimes
(rarely) to prescribe.
- Enable us to understand our experience, control for possible
problems, and generate new ways of living.
,CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
- The highest level of understanding we hope to achieve with
theory is the ability to predict.
Evaluation of theories: Scope -
correct answer ✅Breadth of coverage
Evaluation of theories: Heuristic Value: -
correct answer ✅Degree of interest
Evaluation of theories: Parsimony: -
correct answer ✅Simplicity and elegance
Evaluation of theories: Validity: -
correct answer ✅Degree to which it "rings true"
Way in which theories grow (Extension) -
correct answer ✅When the theory branches out by adding on new
additional concepts
(Ex: Leadership)
, CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Way in which theories grow (Intension) -
correct answer ✅When the theory goes deeper into the specifics
of one idea within the original theory.
(Ex: Leadership --> communication, charisma, sociable)
Theories as grow by -
correct answer ✅"revolution"
Paradigm Shift (Revolutionary Science): -
correct answer ✅A transformation from one organizing theoretical
perspective to another.
Levels of Communication: Intra-personal -
correct answer ✅Most CMN scholars thinks of this as "thought",
NOT communication. ("With oneself only")
Levels of Communication: Interpersonal/Dyadic: -
correct answer ✅Two People
ANSWERS
Introduction to Communication Theory -
the differences in the ways scholars define communication -
correct answer ✅Agreement: Communication is behavior
Human behavior can be intentional/unintentional and it can be
received/not received.
Four possibilities of behavior: Intentionally sent and received. -
correct answer ✅Everyone agrees that this IS communication.
Four possibilities of behavior: Unintentionally sent and received. -
correct answer ✅Scholars are split as to whether this is or isn't
communication.
(Ex: If you're unintentionally limping, and people can see -->
scholars are split if it's communication b/c it's unintentional)
Four possibilities of behavior: Intentionally sent but not received. -
correct answer ✅Most scholars believe that a receiver is required.
,CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Four possibilities of behavior: Unintentionally sent and not
received. -
correct answer ✅Everyone agrees that this IS NOT communication.
(Ex: If you're in sick, groaning from pain, and in bed by yourself with
no one to see you)
definition of a theory -
correct answer ✅A scholar's construction of experience based on
systematic observation.
(conclusions about human experience that have been studied and
replicated over a long period of time)
theories seek to accomplish -
correct answer ✅Describe, explain, predict, and sometimes
(rarely) to prescribe.
- Enable us to understand our experience, control for possible
problems, and generate new ways of living.
,CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
- The highest level of understanding we hope to achieve with
theory is the ability to predict.
Evaluation of theories: Scope -
correct answer ✅Breadth of coverage
Evaluation of theories: Heuristic Value: -
correct answer ✅Degree of interest
Evaluation of theories: Parsimony: -
correct answer ✅Simplicity and elegance
Evaluation of theories: Validity: -
correct answer ✅Degree to which it "rings true"
Way in which theories grow (Extension) -
correct answer ✅When the theory branches out by adding on new
additional concepts
(Ex: Leadership)
, CMN 101: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Way in which theories grow (Intension) -
correct answer ✅When the theory goes deeper into the specifics
of one idea within the original theory.
(Ex: Leadership --> communication, charisma, sociable)
Theories as grow by -
correct answer ✅"revolution"
Paradigm Shift (Revolutionary Science): -
correct answer ✅A transformation from one organizing theoretical
perspective to another.
Levels of Communication: Intra-personal -
correct answer ✅Most CMN scholars thinks of this as "thought",
NOT communication. ("With oneself only")
Levels of Communication: Interpersonal/Dyadic: -
correct answer ✅Two People
